A design center created through deconstruction : an architectural urban design center for Texas Tech Architecture graduate students in Dallas, Texas.

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1999-05

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Thesis Statement: By studying a cities grid fabric, a base vocabulary, or a kit of parts, of deconstruction will be defined to generate an architecture conducive to a learning environment. Project Scope: Texas Tech University will furnish the graduate students in the College of Architecture an Urban Design Center, which will provide three studio spaces, one lecture room, three faculty offices, two spaces to serve as jury/gallery space, a wood shop, and forty living units suitable for both faculty and students. Context: The site is on the southeast corner of the Dallas Arts District, enclosed by Leonard, Flora, Routh, and Ross Streets. The entire district lies within the downtown Dallas area, which is bounded by 1-35, Woodall Rodgers Freeway and Central Expressway. The facility is situated in the most advantageous section of the district due to the benefits of convenient public transportation. The facilities site can be accessed directly through vehicular and pedestrian transportation, and accessed by light rail nearby.

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Deconstructivism (Architecture), Architectural studios

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